Re: Preventing Random X-10 Code interference...

["Michael G." <514mike@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi David,

No, I never have more than one motion detector in any one room.

What I am noticing is that every time I see an "A mute" or any 1 or 3
weird phantom RF, it seems to be within a few milliseconds of the
ActiveEye in my office.

This ActiveEye is about 10 feet from my antenna-less CM15A.

I bet it's related.

I will first try a different Active Eye.

Then, I will move my CM15A to the other end of my office.

RIght now, it's within a few feet of my computer power supply, a 22"
CRT, two 19" LCDs, a subwoofer, and about 16 USB devices.

So like you said, the RF noise from these toys could be setting it off.


Oh wait -- I just noticed an RF received of "O CamSetPosition 8" at
12:16:17.

At 12:16:17, I had turned off my basement lights via a slim remote.

So what I am noticing is that it's not active eye in my office per
se...  It's that these phantom RF received codes seem to coincide with
nearby transmitters.

I see an RF code of "K F" (Whatever that means!!) again, at the same
time as as my bathroom Active Eye was activated.


So, the way I am understanding this is that my regular transceiver that
is set to "O" is picking up the properly transmitted codes, and
broadcasting them correctly over my home wiring.

At the same instant, my CM15A is picking up little pieces of these
stray transmitted codes.

Strangely enough, regardless of the description
(Iris/Five/F/CamPosition/etc), it's always 1 and 3 on any housecode.

Maybe I should wire an antenna in there!?

Or, even better, is there a way to disconnect the RF receiver
altogether?   That should solve it!

MG